Is this salary reasonable for an internship?

Hi, I got an offer for from a prestigous boutique for an internship in one of their regional offices in continental Europe. Now I saw that the pay that they stated in the contract comes down to around 530 euro/month after taxes. This seems rather low to me, as I would incur quite some expenses from living in the city where I do the intern (it's not cheap). Would you say that this amount is reasonable and/or market conform?

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Totally agree with the posts above. Also, you'll find that it's the cheapness of your labor that encourages a firm to keep you around for the long-term. They aren't going to bother getting rid of you and finding/forcing somebody else to do the grunt work, when they can have you do it for next to nothing (at least in I-banking terms) and they can can have the piece of mind that it's getting done correctly. If this place is as prestigious as you say, there probably are a lot of people that would have been willing to work there for free.

 
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